"[The free software award] has put us in company with many great organizations
bringing about social change through free software" said Alison Macrina
from the Library Freedom Project, recipient of the award in 2016. That's
why the Free Software Foundation and the GNU Project have presented the
Free Software Awards for nearly two decades, honoring people and
projects who have advanced the movement or created free software
programs that serve crucial societal needs.

Libre Learn Lab is a two-day summit for people who create,
use and implement freely licensed resources for K-12
education, bringing together educators, policy experts,
software developers, hardware hackers, and activists to
share best practices and address the challenges of
widespread adoption of these resources in education. The 2nd
biennial conference is Saturday, October 8th, and Sunday,
October 9th, at the MIT Tang Center.

Today is the 33rd anniversary of the announcement of the GNU
Project, so we've got freedom on our minds. LibrePlanet 2017 is
coming! The next installment of this annual celebration of user
freedom is happening March 25-26, 2017 in the Boston
area.